noun an engine for casting stones.
2. torment ·vt to put into great agitation.
3. torment ·noun that which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
4. torment ·noun extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
5. torment ·vt to pain; to distress; to afflict.
6. torment ·vt to put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
7. torment ·vt to tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.